History of Canonical Literature of Jainas

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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constituents of Ayāra, (II), loss of a major portion of the 6th Anga and probably that of Angas 7 to 11, too, striking differences between the extant Paṇhāvāgaraṇa and one described in Nandi, a doubt about the genuineness of the available Candapanṇatti, restoration of Mahānisiha, extinction of several Nijjuttis, Bhāsas and Cunnis on Pancamangalasuyakkhandha and its incorporation in a Mūlasutta, loss of two vacanās of Mahānisīha and that of Pañcakappa as well, extinction of 17 kaliya works, 14 ukkāliya ones, Uṭṭhāṇapariyavaniya, Thimiṇabhāvanā, Dogiddhidasă and 147 adhyayanas recited by Lord Mahāvīra, 9 reasons for the unique position of Diṭṭhivaya, 7 varieties of Parikamma and their 83 subvarieties, nayas and the 7 Parikammas, 22 Suttas and 4 view-points such as chinnacchedanaya, acchinnacchedanaya etc., names, contents, padas and extent of the 14 Puvvas, quotations and works extracted from the Puvvas, the language and study of the Puvvas, 225 Vatthus, 84 Pāhudas attributed to Kundakunda, 14 Pāhūḍas of the Śvetāmbaras along with their references etc., extracts from the Anuoga, 34 Cüliyās, the order in which the 5 sections of Ditthivaya were studied and became extinct, description of about 37 extinct works and that of 10 Dasās, untraceability of about 70 gāthās quoted from Agamas in the extant ones, extinction of some of the Nijjuttis, the reasons for the loss of some of the ajjhayaṇas etc. and the survival of only 4 Agamas till the end of this ara and in the end, their extinciton.
(The sacred suttas of a period prior to the date of omniscience of Lord Mahāvīra, no reference to āyāgapaṭa in the extant literature, Ditthivaya and Bhadrabāhusvāmin, periods of 7 vācanās, date of Āryarakṣita Sūri and his knowledge of Puvvas, 54 uttamapurusas, the 9 ajjhayaṇas of Ayāra, and their subject-matter, definition of pada, restroration of Mahānisīha, a curriculum noted in Vavahāra, the meaning of nijjuhaṇā etc., reference to Mahāprāṇa, definition of antarmuhurta, inability to count 46 māuyāpayas of Diṭṭhivaya, Mätikās of the Bauddhas, reference about labdhis and names of the ajjhayanas of Antagadadasa and Pupphacula).
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